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RICHARD FROTSCHER’S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 
Tpomzea Bona Nox. Large Flowering 
Evening Glory. A vine of rapid growth, with 
beautiful blue and white flowers which open 
in the evening. Twenty feet high. February 
till June. 
This is the Moon flower advertised in 
Northern catalogues as a novelty, notwith- 
standing the fact that it has been known here 
for the past century. 
Sweet Peas. 
very showy. 
Six feet high. Decem- 
Lathyrus odoratus. 
Beautiful fiowers of all colors, 
Good for cut flowers. 
ber till April. 
Maurandia Barclayana. Mixed 
Maurandia. .A slender growing vine of rapid 
growth. ie purple and white colors mixed. 
Ten feet high. February till April. 
Mina Lobata. A showy plant from 
Mexico of the well-known Ipomea family with 
beautiful spikes or racemes of yellowish white 
flowers. 
The buds are at first of a bright red, but soon 
change to orange yellow, and when in full 
bloom to a yellowish white, forming a fine 
contrast with the dense and luxuriant foliage. 
This plant does well in sunny situations and 
cannot be surpassed for covering arbors, 
trellises, etc., but is however sometimes affected 
by our heavy and lasting summer showers. 
Should be sown early in order to get it to 
periection as it blooms only when fully grown. 
Price, per packet, 25c. 
Mamordica Balsamina. Balsam 
Apple. A climbing plant of very rapid growth, 
producing Cucumber-like fruits, with warts 
on them. They are believed to contain some 
medicinal virtues. They are put in jars with 
alcohol and are-used as a dressing for cuts, 
bruises, ete. 
Luffa acutangula. Dish Rag Vine. 
A very rapid growing vine of the Gourd family. 
When the fruit is dry, the fibrous substance, 
which covers the seeds, can be used as a rag. 
February till April. 
Anemones, Double flowering. Planted 
and treated the same as the Ranunculus. They 
are of great varieties in color. 
Double-Dutch, 40 cents per dozen. 
Dahlias. Fine double-named varieties. 
Plants so well known for their brilliancy, 
diversity of colors and profuse flowering 
qualities, that they require no recommenda- 
tion. They can be planted from February 
till May; they thrive best in rich loamy soil. 
They should be tied up to stakes, which ought 
to be driven into the ground before or when 
planting them. To have them flower late/in 
the season they should be planted late in the 
spring, and the flower buds nipped off when 
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are two varieties, 
Sechium edule. Vegetable Pear or 
Mirliton. A rapid growing vine with grape- 
like leaves. of which the fruit is eaten; there 
white and green. It has 
only one seed, and the whole fruit has to be 
_ planted. 
Trop@olum majus. Nasturtium. 
_ Trailing plants with elegant flowers of different 
shades, mostly yellow and crimson, which are 
produced in great abundance. Four feet high. 
February till April. 
Thunbergia. Mixed Thunbergia. 
Very ornamental vines, with yellow bell-shaped 
flowers with dark eye. Six feet high. February 
till May. 
Mina Lobata. 
BULBOUS ROOTS. 
produce perfect flowers during fall. Un- 
divided roots, $3.00 per dozen. 
The roots I offer are of the very best type. 
having taken special pains to discard varieties 
which did not flower well here. 
Gladiolus. Hybrid Gladiolus. One of 
the best summer flowering bulbs; they have 
been greatly improved of late years, and almost 
every color has been produced; is tinged and 
blotched in all shades from delicate rose to 
dark vermillion. When planted at intervals 
during spring, they will flower at different 
times, but those that are planted earliest pro- 
duce the finest flowers. The roots should be 
they appear; treated in this way, they will | taken up in the fall. 
